Great Expectations

6.2
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Run time: 168 min
  • Premiere: 1999. April 12.

A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella. However, when the criminal from his childhood turns up one stormy night and reveals that he, Magwitch, is his benefactor, Pip finds his dreams crumbling. Although initially repulsed by his benefactor, Pip gradually becomes loyal to him and stays with him until his death.

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Charlotte Rampling

Miss Havisham

Laura Aikman

Young Biddy

Selina Cadell

Sarah Pocket

Jo Cameron Brown

Miss Skiffins

Tony Curran

Orlick

Clive Russell

Joe Gargery

Lesley Sharp

Mrs. Joe

Donald Sumpter

Compeyson

James Hillier

Bentley Drummle

Laurence Dobiesz

Young Herbert

Daniel Evans

Herbert Pocket

Gemma Gregory

Young Estella

Bernard Hill

Abel Magwitch

David Horovitch

Matthew Pocket

Hugh Lloyd

The Aged P

Roland Manookian

Pip's Servant

Terence Rigby

Pumbleneck

Angela Sims

Estella's Attendant

Michael Eaves

Police Officer

Gabriel Thomson

Young Pip

Art

Charmian Adams

Art Direction

Alice Normington

Production Design

Penny Crawford

Set Decoration

Camera

David Odd

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Odile Dicks-Mireaux

Costume Design

Eve Wignall

Makeup Artist

Fran Needham

Makeup Designer

Nicola Matthews

Makeup Artist

Directing

Julian Jarrold

Director

Editing

Chris Gill

Editor

Production

Gail Stevens

Casting

Maureen Duff

Casting

Rebecca Eaton

Executive Producer

Michael Wearing

Executive Producer

David Snodin

Producer

Sound

Peter Salem

Original Music Composer

Richard Manton

Sound Recordist

Ant Bohun

Sound Editor

Bernard O'Reilly

Dialogue Editor

Writing